Tuesday, August 13, 2013

My Options Account on August 13, 2013

Today wasn't a very good day in my account.  The overall market was up but PCLN and HLF were down.  AAPL was up big so I had to exit and re-position my options.  For tomorrow I will be looking to add some put credit spreads in AAPL, PCLN and MA.  I think PCLN has made a temporary bottom and AAPL is going to continue the uptrend.  Stay out of the money on these to give some cushion.  Here are the plays I will be looking at:

AAPL $489.57 Sell 475 put, buy 470 put for a net credit of .40 (.37 after commissions).  This would be a 8% gain if the stock stays above 475 on Friday.

PCLN $953.61 Sell 935 put, buy 930 put for a net credit of .44 (.41 after commissions).  This would be a 9% gain if the stock stays above 935 on Friday.

My account lost $868 today so I need PCLN and HLF to head higher sooner rather than later.  I'm looking good on my other strategies.  I repositioned AAPL to 480/475 put credit spread and 495/500 call credit spread.  I also bought a 505/510 call debit spread for a small price in case the stock takes off more.

Jonny

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